{"id":61060,"date":"2019-06-10T14:27:00","date_gmt":"2019-06-10T18:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/?p=61060"},"modified":"2019-06-10T15:55:19","modified_gmt":"2019-06-10T19:55:19","slug":"the-scoop-fans-tasked-with-singing-o-canada-at-raptors-game-tonight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/2019\/06\/10\/the-scoop-fans-tasked-with-singing-o-canada-at-raptors-game-tonight\/","title":{"rendered":"THE SCOOP | Fans Tasked With Singing &#8216;O Canada&#8217; At Raptors Game Tonight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-61061\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/06\/Raptors-o-canada.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"628\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/06\/Raptors-o-canada.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/06\/Raptors-o-canada-300x157.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/06\/Raptors-o-canada-768x402.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/06\/Raptors-o-canada-1024x536.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In a move befitting of the country that invented basketball, (that\u2019s right, basketball was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca\/en\/article\/basketball\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">invented<\/a> by a Canadian), fans alone will be in charge of singing the &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/2014\/06\/25\/the-origins-of-the-canadian-national-anthem-revealed-in-mozart\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">O Canada<\/a>&#8221; tonight at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto.<\/p>\n<p>The NBA made the call after Game 2 of the NBA Finals, where fans surprised everyone by taking over the singing of the national anthem from Grammy award-winning artist Alessia Cara.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Chills. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WeTheNorth?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#WeTheNorth<\/a> ?? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0AA3PR0pIz\">pic.twitter.com\/0AA3PR0pIz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Toronto Raptors (@Raptors) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Raptors\/status\/1135335604760252416?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 3, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The US anthem will be sung by &#8220;Monica&#8221; Denise Brown.<\/p>\n<p>Win or lose, history will be made tonight.<\/p>\n<p>In the meantime, we&#8217;ll leave you with the Toronto Symphony&#8217;s musical ode to the Raptors: a mashup\u00a0Drake&#8217;s &#8220;All Me&#8221; &amp; &#8220;Trophies.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_GSapYpgw2E?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<h3><b><i>LUDWIG VAN TORONTO<\/i><br \/>\n<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><i>Want more updates on classical music and opera news and reviews? 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